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Will all of Jax's (Charlie Hunnam) schemes work out in the fifth-season finale of "Sons of Anarchy"?

FX's "Sons of Anarchy" (9 p.m., cable channel 43) wraps up its fifth season -- and easily its best since Season Two -- with a spectacularly tense episode.

With the show exploding in popularity this year, at times topping network time slot rivals among key demographics, showrunner Kurt Sutter -- who co-wrote, directed and acts in this finale -- has a lot to live up to with this 90-minute finale. And he succeeds in great measure, though in ways that I'm loath to spoil.

I can tell you to watch out for betrayals, shocking acts of violence and intense fight scenes -- though, really, that could be every week. But Sutter always ramps up things for a finale, and this one's no different. It's epic. (Also, that's star Katey Sagal singing "To Sir with Love" in the opening montage, in case you're wondering.)